Preschool Proud

All decked out in her Dora gear.

I am VERY proud of my girl for starting preschool today! It was a little rocky with potty training, so we weren't even sure if she would be able to go to preschool. But, she is potty trained..... enough. For half days anyways. :) She was super excited to be going to her big girl room this morning.... the preschool room! I know it was a little daunting to her to go into a room with 24 kids, instead of a room with only 10, but she did great. I did get the little puffed out bottom lip as I left, but we lucked out and she has a teacher she had last year, which really helped her transition into her new classroom. When I picked her up she told me all about the "new playground" she gets to play in, for BIG KIDS, of course. And how a girl named Allie was there and it was her birthday and they all got TWO oreos. And how she is now a new friend. :) She really is growing up so fast.

Modeling her new Preschool outfit.

WOW! Great job, Sadie! :) She was pretty excited about this!

Pre-Irene

Hurricane Irene is not even here yet, but as evidenced by the huge waves rolling in, she's a'comin. She is still in Virginia, but here is what we are already seeing in Newport. Our crappy camera doesn't do it justice. It's beautiful witnessing the gorgeous power of mother nature. Oh, and Sadie loved the "ocean baths" we got from getting these pics and videos. :) Luckily, we've got wine, corona's, homemade guac and salsa, and plenty of chocolate to get us through the storm! BRING IT, IRENE!

And we already did our "Hurricane Craft Project", before the hurricane even started. Sadie and I "designed" and decorated a new backpack for.... Preschool! We already had a plain pink backpack we used for daycare that fit her well, but it was pretty bland. So we took a Mama/Daughter trip to Joann Fabrics and she picked out her favorite felt iron-on appliques and we decided to put her name on it too. I decided I had better make it today since I needed electricity for the iron and Preschool starts Monday, and I wanted her to have it for the first day. She is also getting a present tomorrow- her new Dora lunch box, Dora water bottle and Dora sandwich container to take to her new big girl classroom. She is going to love it! She is so excited for Preschool!

Three Year Old-isms

What a ham.

Some recent sayings from our resident 3 year old.

On aging:

"What's on your forehead?"

"What do you mean?"

"What are those lines???"

... long pause.....

"Oh, you mean my wrinkles?"

"Hahahaha, YEAH!!"

"Would you like to know how I got them????"

(Just kidding on the last part.)

On a "blemish" Mommy had:

"Why do you have a nipple on your face?"

Subsequent peels of laughter.

On why she can't do what she was asked:

"I CAN'T, Mommy!"

"Yes, you can, please listen."

"No, I can't cuz I'm CHUFFING! I'm chuffing real fast!"

(continues to play with trains....)

(Mom still trying not to laugh over the term "chuff" and mentally makes a note that perhaps she is watching too much tv.)

On underwear malfunctions:

"Mooommmmyyy! Ow! I have a scrunchie!!"

(Translation: I have a wedgie.)

Riding the carousel, happy as a clam.

On growing up in the digital age:

"Can I play with Skylar today?"

"We can't today."

"Yes, we can! You just have to text Miss Nanette and ask her!"

(Seriously?! She also pretends to text on her own phone.)

On trying to get her way:

"I want M&M's!!"

"Not before din—"

"DADDDDDDDY!!!!!!!!!! CAN I HAVE M&M'S???????"

"John! Don't you dare....!"

On growing up:

"So when I get bigger my boobies will grow out of my chest?"

"Well, ya, but you need to be a LOT bigger, kid."

(Where does she get these things?! I think she will be the kid stuffing her undershirt with tissues, she is obsessed with boobies!)

Separate incident:

"Ha ha, Daddy has boobies!"

"Honey, boys don't have boobies (kind of a lie here), boys have?????"

"Penises." (said very matter of factly.)

(Insert John's jaw dropping and "What do you teach her?!)

Hey, I was expecting her to say "chests!"

I realize she is talking a warp speed here, she is saying "I'm a ferocious dinosaur! Rarrrrr!!!"

I Have A Problem

Ok, more than one. But this particular one is how I seriously can't be trusted to shop at Target. I may need nothing, but I always come out spending way more than intended. And those damn dollar bins and clearance sections. The other day Sadie and I were shopping there and I saw these on sale and started cracking up in the middle of the aisle, and said "I need to have these!" And Sadie agreed and threw them in the cart for me and we rolled on, both chuckling over our funny find (but only one of us getting it). So now, I'm home with my note cards and I realize that I don't actually write to anybody. Huh. Maybe John is right, I need a chaperon in that store. Who knows, you maybe be a lucky recipient of my new cards! God knows after a long day with a toddler, I do feel like I live in Crazyville and I still won't accept that the no matter the haircut, I still won't look like Keri Russell! As I say to John....... "but it was on sale!"

Going Bananas

..... over bananas, that is. I went to visit my mom for a week and she had NO working internet and this is the first time I've had a chance to post. More on that later. And for my first post in awhile, I am choosing to talk about how awesome bananas are. As a medium, not a food, really. Get ready for this. Did you know that if you lightly write on a banana with a toothpick, over the course of a day (or night), the writing turns brown and voila, your message magically appears! One of my favorite bloggers, The Bloggess wrote about it and I just about busted a gut laughing. Oh my goodness, I can't tell you how excited I was to try this out! At first I just did a cute one for Sadie to pack in her lunch for school. Cute, but boring. Then I went out and bought bananas purely for writing on them, with no intention of actually eating them, and wrote John messages to find. Very meaningful messages.

(This pic came out bad, it reads "U R a lucky guy", "Your wife is amazing", and "The wifey needs a vacation.")

Then when I went to my mom's house, I saw she had just bought a beautiful, unblemished bunch of bananas and let me tell you, it was a hard choice to decide what to write. She is very catholic and I thought about writing things like "sinner! repent!" or "the end is near!", but in the end, I went with this.

The thing with these banana messages is that you can go in so many different directions with this! I mean, I seriously just want to hang out in Stop n' Shop, prowling around the produce section and write ridiculous messages for people to discover the next day as they are about grab a banana for a smoothie. "Eat more apples", "I'm watching you", "This doesn't make up for the cheesecake", "I'm bananas about you". I think it would make people's mornings better, to discover their secret little banana notes. Try it, it's addicting!

Wordless Wednesday: A Future Flashback

Someday, 13 years from now, I'll look over at Sadie as she is learning how to drive,

and this is the only thing I'll be able to see!